Arts and Culture University of Exeter

Peter ThursbyDouble Compartment Podman (3/6)

Location: Foyer, Amory Building, Streatham Campus(NB this sculpture has been temporarily moved during building renovations)

Acquired in 1971 for the opening of the Amory building, this work in bronze is an expression of being cramped. It was produced at a time when the artist was inhabiting his abstracts with figures.

Peter Thursby was an Exeter artist and a Fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors. Thought of primarily as an abstract artist, for a time he incorporated figures inside his forms, as in this example.

March

Mon 25 Mar 2019, 11:30 – 14:30
Creativity Is...

Tue 26 Mar 2019, 17:00 – 21:00
Sacred Spaces Through Time

Sacred Spaces Through Time is a photography exhibition by Charis Skafida, a
third year undergraduate student in Ancient History and Archaeology at the
University of Exeter.
Her exhibition captures Christian Orthodox Churches in Athens, Greece.

Thu 28 Mar 2019, 18:15
Shark and Chips?

The sale of shark meat in fish and chip shops was dramatically uncovered by a team at the University of Exeter led by Dr Andrew Griffiths, who in this talk, will tell the story behind his headline-grabbing work that recently identified threatened sharks on sale to the British public.

Student
societies Lightbox: the Creative Collective, XTV and artist Anna
Best have come together with Arts and Culture at the University of Exeter to
showcase their intriguing, thought-provoking films – The Tangle (Anna
Best), and Ice Age Coming (XTV).

In this latest free event in the Creative Dialogues series, Nick Davies, investigative journalist, writer, and documentary maker, will be in conversation with Don Boyd Hon DLitt, film director, producer, screenwriter, and novelist.

April

A symposium which explores the historic witches of Exeter and beyond as well as the concept of the witch in modern culture, through the medium of presentations given by artists and academics. This event accompanies the Certaine Wytches Fear, Myth & Magic exhibition at the Devon Guild of Craftsmen.

May

Thu 30 May 2019, 18:00
Evaporating Black Holes and Hawking's Points

In this talk, award-winning scientist Sir Roger Penrose focuses on recent ground-breaking observations of anomalous points in the very early universe that appear to be sources of vast amounts of energy.

The Arts and Culture team work across the colleges and campuses of the University of Exeter, and with creative partners around the South West region and beyond. Our mission is to Activate Creativity. Read more